"The best writing is both personal and universal."

The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You're whole, and then you're cracked open.

Every quarry has a story written in layers of stone and generations of workers.

Continuous improvement isn't a destination—it's a journey that never ends.

"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles."

我想我永远不会停止写情歌。

You have to be willing to suffer to achieve something great.

Violence is not just physical; it's embedded in our systems and structures.